U.S., Aug. 12 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07756814) titled 'Manual Intervention and Congenital Hip Dysplasia in Infants' on Aug. 05.
Brief Summary: Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a developmental abnormality of the infant hip in which the acetabulum does not adequately cover the femoral head. Standard conservative treatment commonly includes a Pavlik harness. This exploratory randomized pilot study will assess whether a gentle manual intervention applied to the coxal bone, in addition to conventional orthopedic treatment, is associated with a greater change in ultrasound-measured femoral head coverage than conventional orthopedic treatment alone. Thirty infants aged 1 to 5 months...